A730 - black screen, unable to turn monitor back on

hey all,
I made an attempt to clean up my monitors screen today, but accidently hit a few of the buttons on the bottom of my screen. One of them was the button to turn the monitor off/on, my screen went black, and now Im unable to turn the monitor back on (using the same button won't do it..)
heres a picture FYI
[img]http://i.imgur.com/p6VP2TS.png[/img]
does anyone have some tips? thanks!

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